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👻 Tune in each Wednesday in October for a new Macabre Minute with Mel, our annual autumnal exploration of the darker objects and stories in Getty's collections.

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A Christmas Carol...but make it medieval?

Join Mel on a journey to the Middle Ages as she tells the torrid tale of Tondal, the knight who had to learn things the hard way.

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Many thanks to our community partners who have made this event possible: The Chapter House LA, Meztli Projects, and NDN Girls Book Club.

🎟️ RSVP for your free ticket: www.getty.edu/calendar/cel...

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. Free outdoor family festival. Music, activities, storytelling, poetry, art and performance. Saturday, October 11 2025, 11am- 4pm. Getty Center

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🔸 Music performance by Lazaro Arvizu, Jr. (Gabrielino, Tongva)
🔸 Drag story time led by Bohenne Arreaux (Jena Choctaw) and Johnny Gentleman (Guatemalan Maya, Nicaraguan Ocanxiu)

Woman dressed in indigenous clothing beating a drum at the Getty Center

Woman instructing children in a drawing activity for Indigenous Peoples' Day

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🔸 Zine making workshop led by Meztli Projects
🔸 Collage making workshop led by The Chapter House
🔸 Traditional intertribal dancing curated by Candido Cornejo (Tlaxcalan, Nahua) with drumming by the Bearspring Singers
🔸 DJ sets by deesco

Person at the Getty Center gardens holding a sign that reads: I am on Tongva Lands

Person giving an indigenous plant tour of the Getty Center's garden

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🔸 Comedy master of ceremonies Jana Schmieding (Lakota)
🔸 Poetry reading curated by NDN Girls Book Club featuring Solange Aguilar (Mescalero Apache, Yoeme, Kalinga, Kapampangan), Megan Dorame (Tongva), Erin Marie Lynch (Standing Rock Sioux), and Tabitha Smith (North Fork Mono, Concow Maidu, Wailaki)

People teaching basket weaving at the Getty Center's 2024 Indigenous Peoples Day event.

Person teaching young children how to make indigo sun prints at the Getty Center

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Join us this Saturday, October 11 for a full day of free family fun celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Getty Center.

This year’s theme celebrates libraries with performances and activities sharing traditional and contemporary Indigenous perspectives and storytelling featuring:

Two men dressed in elaborate indigenous ceremonial regalia at the Getty Center gardens.

Woman performing a dance at Indigenous Peoples Day at Getty Center in 2024.

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Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, India is both a marvel of modern architecture and an important community hang out.

As modern architecture like this has aged and degraded, it is at risk for demolition. How modernist architecture in India is being preserved for posterity: gty.art/4q51RE7

Concrete structures surround a figure. Text reads: Look inside Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, India. Read full story getty.edu/news

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"If Objects Could Talk" is a playful storytelling podcast for kids and families that imagines what antiquities at the Getty Villa Museum might say if they came alive and found their way to our podcast studio.

New eps every Monday through October 27. Listen now: www.getty.edu/podcasts/if-...

If Objects Could Talk | Getty Podcasts

Listen to Getty’s newest podcast for kids and their families.

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Kids, families, listen up! Today's new ep of "If Objects Could Talk" brings a pocket-sized household demigod called a Lar.

Follow along with a family’s daily rituals and routines and hear how this Lar protected two young boys from getting into trouble:
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Statuette of a pocket-sized demigod named Lar. The statuette features a man standing in a playful pose, dressed in a toga, and holding a plate.

Modern illustration of the same statuette.

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Image: King Haldin Accusing the Sultan’s Daughter Gracienne of Dishonorable Behavior (detail), 1464, Lieven van Lathem, David Aubert. Getty Museum

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Ouch! Ever suffer for fashion?

Pointed toe shoes have been all the rage (...the painful rage) for centuries. Called "poulaines" or "cracows," this pointy style of footwear was mostly seen on men.

What do you think, time for them to make a comeback?

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And, join historian Ken Albala at the Getty Center on 10/12 for a glimpse into historical road food!

Sample “health foods” recommended by Grataroli alongside more decadent sweets, savories, & wines. 🍷🧀🍊

🎫 Purchase tickets: gty.art/3KN6MZW!

Medieval Road Food: Eating and Drinking on the Go | Getty Events

Sample medieval “health foods” and other more decadent tastes popular on Middle Ages road trips with this food and wine experience.

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Gugliermo’s advice got you hungry for more information on #Medieval Travel?

Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages is on view at the Getty Center through Nov 30, 2025!

🗺️ www.getty.edu/exhibitions/...

Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages | Getty Exhibitions

Explore how manuscript illuminators documented and reimagined medieval travel in a variety of modes.

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4. Stay hydrated!

More than any other threat, thirst was the greatest danger to travelers. To avoid it, Grataroli suggests avoiding salty foods and not talking too much.

Yappers need not apply.

Manuscript featuring a naked man drinking from a vessel using a straw.

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3. Don't overeat!

Whether on horseback or in a wagon, you’re in for a bumpy ride. Eat too much and you may regret it. 🤢

A group of people travel in a wagon—packed in like sardines. They don't look particularly happy. Perhaps they overate?

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2. Don't forget the trail mix!

Nuts, hard candy, and cookies all made Grataroli’s list of good portable snacks.

A manuscript painting by Joris Hoefnagel featuring a walnut and a cherry.

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1. Don't sample the local cuisine!

Pack your own provisions whenever possible—that includes water.

Two men in a boat, one wearing a large wicker pack on his back.

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Long before fast food joints along the highway or coolers full of snacks, eating on the go could be pretty complicated!

📖 In a 1556 book, medieval physician Gugliermo Grataroli instructed his fellow travelers on how to stay healthy on the go.

Here are four of his tips:

The Temperate and the Intemperate, a painting showing medieval folks eating in a tavern. Half of the clientele is politely eating at a neat table. The other half are drunkenly slouched over a rumpled tablecloth. They are also dressed in more humble clothes.

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Las Fotos Project is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit that empowers young women and gender-expansive youth of color through #photography.

Learn more about this partnership at gty.art/4nelyrI.

Finding Their Voice Behind the Lens

Getty’s María Magdalena Campos-Pons exhibition inspires the next generation of artists

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“During a time when I urgently needed art to express myself & navigate current events, Independent Studies gave me support to do so. I was met with encouragement & warmth, inspiring me to connect deeper with my art practice & reassuring me that my work is meaningful.”

📸 Jessica Barroso

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A photograph of two Latina women, sitting side by side and looking straight at the camera with placid expressions and their hands in their laps.

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“Independent Studies helped me produce a body of work without fear of limitations (financial, medium, or topic).
We learned from each other & were able to be fully be comfortable. It truly gave me freedom of expression.”

📸 Meyuh Gonzales

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A photo collage that was part of the artist's Las Fotos project, featuring family photos.

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“I took so much inspiration from Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, especially in her connection to her roots and culture. It has inspired my own work and helped me reconnect with my own self and where I come from.”

📸 Wendy Cubillo

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A woman sitting on a bed, surrounded by purple light.

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“The [program] helped me appreciate the amount of work that goes into organizing an exhibition. Being part of this group allowed me to work closely with artists I have long admired while sharing fun experiences, like our field trips to the Getty Museum.”

📸 Julie Rebollar Hernandez

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Photo by Julie Rebollar Hernandez of the artist brushing the hair of a Latina woman, whose mouth is open as if in conversation.

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Introducing a new generation of photographers! 📸

With support from Getty, 8 students participated in a semester-long advanced workshop through Las Fotos Project inspired by our exhibition María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold. Check out their work & what they had to say about their experience!
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Como Somos: La Realidad - Meet some of the young artists behind the latest Las Fotos Project x Getty collaboration. Photograph of a young Latina woman wearing an apron and rubber gloves, gazing down.

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